He was the first Italian American to ever serve on the court. Neki and he passed through confirmation with a unanimous vote after being appointed we Ronald Reagan in 1986. Sanela sabovic has more from the newsplex. Good morning sanela. Reporter good morning dmik. And sca lee passed away in hi sleep while on a hunting trip in texas. Weigh the longest serving justice on the high score. He was known for being a ston shall conservative. A critic of row versus wade and strong opponent of seasm same sex marriages. President obama spoke from california yesterday. And scalia was a larger than life presence on the bench. A bril a ant legal miel mind. Reporter over night they at of half staff. And a battle brewing over who will replace him. The president ays le fulfill his could president ial tiewt can i and the congressen says they will not confirm a nominee. And what happened in the court. A lot of controversial cases with abortion and o blam care and im tblaition r im glaition will be coming
Im here to introduce Sarah Kay Bierle. All of us here at emerging civil war, we wear many hats. And we wanted to do a series on the blog, to introduce you to some of the faces around. That way, when you come to a symposium and you want to ring our neck or something or tell us what you didnt like on the blog, you know who you are talking to. You know the background. Sara does so much with emerging civil war, her fingers are in every aspect of it. But i didnt even realize how much she does until i read her contributions, my ecw story. But if you look up my ecw story, you will find it. But she has a daily schedule, every day of the week. Where she is working on some aspect of the civil war. Its just incredible. So if you like what we are doing, if you like this, make sure you give Sarah Kay Bierle a pat on the back, if you have any complaints, make sure you take them to dr. , its probably his fault anyway. Sarah kay bierle is managing editor of emerging civil war and work that central bat
Our distinguished professor at the City University of new york. All he is the editor of 16 books. Including his biography aide, Abraham Lincolns times. This book has received numerous accolades. Including this years Abraham Lincoln institute booker toward a lincoln prize of the Gilder Lehrman society. It is also among the wall street journals top ten books of the year. Previous awardwinning books include, womans america, and john brown abolitionist. Professor reynolds is a regular viewer for the wall street journal. It was the New York Times book review, and the new york review of books. Speaking today on lincoln and popular culture, we welcome David Reynolds to the program. It is great to be here. To speak on lincoln and popular culture. Let me thank the institute for recognizing my book, abe, with this book award. It means a lot to me. To be recognized by this very special group. My book tells the story of cross fertilization between lincoln and his surround culture. He was unusually
Know, hes weighed in on anything that finally were going to get some clarification. The big mover today is delivering alpha. It is. It is. A lot of people promise to seek alpha. Very few deliver. This is the humphrey hawkins, maybe his last one, among the House Financial Services committee on Monetary Policy begins at 10 00 eastern. But his prepared remarks will be made in time for us to look at them at 8 30 eastern and investors obviously are going to be hanging on every word, if he adds and if, if he takes out an adjective, you never know about the future of the feds bond buying program, which we tried to say that we were going to good news as good news and im not convinced were there yet. Every time you think something im not there yet either. It is still the addicts are still it is the accommodative punch bowl that i do think the biggest shock may be out of the system. Cant confuse people again that fed tapering may be coming. May be the biggest shock. This ridiculous argument abou